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Death of a Superhero

Author : Anthony McCarten
Publisher : Alma Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781846880438
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Superhero written by Anthony McCarten and published by Alma Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Delpe is a troubled teenager. Not only is he a "terrible teen" by default - as obsessed with sex, music, videogames and drugs as the rest of his gang - be he is also suffering from a lifetreatening form of leukemia, which makes him an even more difficult boy, both for his partens and his teachers. Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he repeatedly dashes his family's hopes by refusing to fight the battles facing him in the real world. As famous psychologist Dr King is brought in to help, a glimmer of hope is rekindled. But will the doctor break the rules, betray the parents' trust and risk everything to help Donald achieve his greatest wish? Or will Donald be the one to save the doctor?

Superhero Grief

Author : Jill A. Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429615213
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Superhero Grief written by Jill A. Harrington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superhero Grief uses modern superhero narratives to teach the principles of grief theories and concepts and provide practical ideas for promoting healing. Chapters offer clinical strategies, approaches, and interventions, including strategies based in expressive arts and complementary therapies. Leading researchers, clinicians, and professionals address major topics in death, dying, and bereavement, using superhero narratives to explore loss in the context of bereavement and to promote a contextual view of issues and relationship types that can improve coping skills. This volume provides support and psychoeducation to students, clinicians, educators, researchers, and the bereaved while contributing significantly to the literature on the intersection of death, grief, and trauma.

Death, Disability, and the Superhero

Author : José Alaniz
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1626743274
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Death, Disability, and the Superhero written by José Alaniz and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities—disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies—José Alaniz seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged and complicated its hypermasculine, quasi-eugenicist biases through such disabled figures as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and the Doom Patrol. Alaniz traces how the superhero became increasingly vulnerable, ill, and mortal in this era. He then proceeds to a reinterpretation of characters and series—some familiar (Superman), some obscure (She-Thing). These genre changes reflected a wider awareness of related body issues in the postwar U.S. as represented by hospice, death with dignity, and disability rights movements. The persistent highlighting of the body's “imperfection” comes to forge a predominant aspect of the superheroic self. Such moves, originally part of the Silver Age strategy to stimulate sympathy, enhance psychological depth, and raise the dramatic stakes, developed further in such later series as The Human Fly, Strikeforce: Morituri, and the landmark graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel, all examined in this volume. Death and disability, presumed routinely absent or denied in the superhero genre, emerge to form a core theme and defining function of the Silver Age and beyond.

Justice League of America (1960-) #258

Author : J.M. DeMatteis
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Justice League of America (1960-) #258 written by J.M. DeMatteis and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A LEGENDS crossover, continued from COSMIC BOY #1. As Darkseid's machinations turn the populace against heroes, Professor Ivo plots the ultimate destruction of the Justice League of America. Continued in SECRET ORIGINS #10.

What is a Superhero?

Author : Robin S. Rosenberg PhD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019933952X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book What is a Superhero? written by Robin S. Rosenberg PhD and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's easy to name a superhero--Superman, Batman, Thor, Spiderman, the Green Lantern, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rorschach, Wolverine--but it's not so easy to define what a superhero is. Buffy has superpowers, but she doesn't have a costume. Batman has a costume, but doesn't have superpowers. What is the role of power and superpower? And what are supervillains and why do we need them? In What is a Superhero?, psychologist Robin Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan explore this question from a variety of viewpoints, bringing together contributions from nineteen comic book experts--including both scholars in such fields as cultural studies, art, and psychology as well as leading comic book writers and editors. What emerges is a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most popular of pop-culture figures. Writer Jeph Loeb, for instance, sees the desire to make the world a better place as the driving force of the superhero. Jennifer K. Stuller argues that the female superhero inspires women to stand up, be strong, support others, and most important, to believe in themselves. More darkly, A. David Lewis sees the indestructible superhero as the ultimate embodiment of the American "denial of death," while writer Danny Fingeroth sees superheroes as embodying the best aspects of humankind, acting with a nobility of purpose that inspires us. Interestingly, Fingeroth also expands the definition of superhero so that it would include characters like John McClane of the Die Hard movies: "Once they dodge ridiculous quantities of machine gun bullets they're superheroes, cape or no cape." From summer blockbusters to best-selling graphic novels, the superhero is an integral part of our culture. What is a Superhero? not only illuminates this pop-culture figure, but also sheds much light on the fantasies and beliefs of the American people.

The Superhero Reader

Author : Charles Hatfield
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617038032
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Superhero Reader written by Charles Hatfield and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from Will Brooker, Jeffrey A. Brown, Scott Bukatman, John G. Cawelti, Peter Coogan, Jules Feiffer, Charles Hatfield, Henry Jenkins, Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, Gerard Jones, Geoff Klock, Karin Kukkonen, Andy Medhurst, Adilifu Nama, Walter Ong, Lorrie Palmer, Richard Reynolds, Trina Robbins, Lillian Robinson, Roger B. Rollin, Gloria Steinem, Jennifer Stuller, Fredric Wertham, and Philip Wylie Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the North American comic book and the history of the medium. For the past half-century, they have also been the one overwhelmingly dominant market genre. The sheer volume of superhero comics that have been published over the years is staggering. Major superhero universes constitute one of the most expansive storytelling canvases ever fashioned. Moreover, characters inhabiting these fictional universes are immensely influential, having achieved iconic recognition around the globe. Their images and adventures have shaped many other media, such as film, videogames, and even prose fiction. The primary aim of this reader is twofold: first, to collect in a single volume a sampling of the most sophisticated commentary on superheroes, and second, to bring into sharper focus the ways in which superheroes connect with larger social, cultural, literary, aesthetic, and historical themes that are of interest to a great many readers both in the academy and beyond.

Deathstroke: R.I.P.

Author : Christopher Priest
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 : 1779507569
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Deathstroke: R.I.P. written by Christopher Priest and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the conclusion of Christopher Priest's acclaimed Deathstroke run - and it starts with Slade Wilson's murder! In the wake of his father's apparent demise, Jericho accepts Lex Luthor's offer of power, leading to all-out sibling war between Jericho and Rose Wilson! When Slade wakes, he seeks to take that power for his own, leading to a confrontation between father and son! Is there any humanity left in Jericho? And can Deathstroke defeat his ultimate enemy - himself? Collects Deathstroke #44-50.

Life with a Superhero

Author : Kathryn U. Hulings
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574415247
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Life with a Superhero written by Kathryn U. Hulings and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism."

How to Become a Superhero: the Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate You!

Author : Sage Michael
Publisher : TheSuperHeroBook.com
ISBN 13 : 0692001093
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book How to Become a Superhero: the Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate You! written by Sage Michael and published by TheSuperHeroBook.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thank you Stan, for all you have done. You will be in our hearts for generations to come. Review "Revolutionary." -- MSNBC "An ideal pick"-- Midwest Book Review "This is the Harry Potterization of the Self-Help genre." "Undoubtedly the right book for the right time."-- Stan Lee From the Back Cover Whether you choose to fight crime or social injustice, advance in your career, further your education or just be a better you, there is a clear path to success in these pages... and it starts... with you becoming an actual SuperHero. SuperHeroes are everywhere in today's marketplace; Self-Help books more so. This is the first book to combine them both! Stan Lee called it "undoubtedly the right book for the right time." You can be more than you ever imagined and it can be fun. It can be informative... and you absolutely can begin today. Inside you will find 268 pages packed with truly rewarding content. The exercises are challenging, yes. They are meant to be... but they are also fun. You will learn more about who you really are than you ever thought possible. Every detail you need is inside: Training Plans Super Powers You Can Develop Missions to Plan and Accomplish Tools for Your Own Utility Belt Even Gadgets for Your Car! The book is divided into three sections: SuperHero Theory SuperHero Boot Camp Super Powers If you find yourself searching for that next level; if you know you can achieve more but you don't yet know how; if you are ready to leap off that proverbial cliff you are facing but just know that you can fly if you were only given a chance... than this book is definitely for you. I give you, my reader, but one promise: If you follow this book through until the end and you complete every exercise you find inside... you absolutely will become.... a SuperHero

Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786437030
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero written by Robert G. Weiner and published by McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The topics discussed include the ways Nazi Germany was represented in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation of Captain America in the Jewish American experience; the relationship between Captain America and Captain Britain; the

Black

Author : Hakon Ovreas
Publisher : My Alter Ego Is A Superhero
ISBN 13 : 9781592702756
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Black written by Hakon Ovreas and published by My Alter Ego Is A Superhero. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jack's plan to become famous goes awry, he and his faithful companions' superhero alter egos come to the rescue.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

Author : Dave Sim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736860502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Death of Alex Raymond written by Dave Sim and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together"--Page 4 of cove

The Death-Ray

Author : Daniel Clowes
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
ISBN 13 : 1770466754
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Death-Ray written by Daniel Clowes and published by Drawn and Quarterly. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cartoonist’s acclaimed take on the superhero genre—now in paperback. Teen outcast Andy is an orphaned nobody with only one friend, the obnoxious—but loyal—Louie. They roam school halls and city streets, invisible to everyone but bullies and tormentors, until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes, heart pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything. Indeed, he can, and as he learns the extent of his new powers, he discovers a terrible and seductive gadget—a hideous compliment to his seething rage—that forever changes everything. The Death-Ray utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre—origin, costume, ray gun, sidekick, fight scene—and reconfigures them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic. With subtle comedy, deft mastery, and an obvious affection for the bold pop-art exuberance of comic book design, Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on the darkness of the human psyche. One of Clowes’s most beloved books, The Death-Ray is the winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards.

Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne - Volume 1

Author :
Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785153061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne - Volume 1 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Savage to Sensational! With John Byrne writing and penciling, witness She-Hulk go where no super hero has gone before: right through the 4th wall! See She-Hulk vs. Spider-Man! Beheaded! Against the wrath of Dr. Bong! Alongside Santa Claus! On her own Star Truck! Hosting her own golden age guest star! Guest-starring the Wasp, Mr. Fantastic and Razorback! COLLECTING: Sensational She-Hulk #1-8, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #18 (She-Hulk story)

Authorizing Superhero Comics

Author : Daniel Stein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814214763
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Authorizing Superhero Comics written by Daniel Stein and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authorizing Superhero Comics examines the comic book superhero as a lasting phenomenon of US popular serial storytelling. Moving beyond linear- or creator-centered models of genre development, Daniel Stein identifies authorization conflicts that have driven the genre's evolution from the late 1930s to the present. These conflicts include paratextually mediated exchanges between officially authorized comic book producers and, alternatively, authorized fans that trouble the distinction between production and its reception; storyworld-building processes that subsume producers and fans into a collective rooted in a common style; parodies that ensure the genre's longevity by deflating criticism through self-reflexive humor; and collecting and archiving as forms of memory management that align the genre's past with the demands of the present. Taking seriously the serial agencies of the superhero comic book as a material artifact with a particular mediality, the study analyzes letter columns, editorial commentary, fanzines, encyclopedias, and other forms of comic book communication as critical frameworks for understanding the evolution of the genre--assessing rarely covered archival sources alongside some of the most treasured figures from the superhero's multi-decade history, from Batman and Spider-Man to Wonder Woman and Captain America.

Thor

Author :
Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785149798
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Thor written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient enemy walks the world of Midgard, known to us as Earth. Victory comes at a terrible price--one that will alter forever the very hierarchy of the gods and thrust the son of Odin into a new and perilous role. Collecting: Thor (1998) #36-43, Annual 2001

The Life and Death of Captain Marvel

Author : Jim Starlin
Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
ISBN 13 : 9780785108375
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Death of Captain Marvel written by Jim Starlin and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary cosmic warrior called Captain Marvel was an agent of the alien Kree, humanoid beings who commanded a galaxy-spanning empire. While stationed on Earth, Mar-Vell's sympathy for the planet's people caused him to disobey a direct order. His punishment: death! Escaping execution, Mar-Veil found himself stranded in the Negative Zone, an anti-matter universe existing alongside Earth. There, he telepathically contacted Rick Jones -- previously a companion of the Incredible Hulk, the most powerful man-like creature ever to walk the Earth, and Captain America, star-spangled Sentinel of Liberty. Mar-Vell instructed the teenager to don a pair of extraterrestrial bracelets -- and when Rick slammed the golden Nega-Bands together with all his might, his atoms traded places with those of the exiled Kree. The hero materialized on Earth, while Rick was surrounded by a protective aura that allowed him to survive in the Negative Zone. Captain Marvel wielded his cosmic powers in defense of the galaxy ... and Earth, his adopted homeworld. But after many an awesome adventure and countless victories, Mar-Vell's exposure to a carcinogenic nerve gas took its toll. Ultimately, he succumbed to the one enemy he proved unable to defeat: an incurable systemic cancer. Mar-Vell died not on the field of battle, but on a sickbed -- surrounded by an awesome assemblage of adventurers, gathered to pay tribute to the legacy of their fallen friend!